Holder for badges, buttons, and the like



C. F, GAUNT HOLDER FOR BADGES, BUTTONS, AND THE LIKE Filed Mar. 10, 1921 Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

OFFICE.

CHARLES E. GAUNT, oEBIEMrne'HAM, ENGLAND.

' HOLDER FOR BADG S, summons, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 10, 1921. 'Se ria'LNo. 451,362.

To all w hom it concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES FREDERICK "GAUNT, of the city of Birmingham,-England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Badges, Buttons, and the like (for which I have filed an' application in England April 27, 1917, Pat

ent No. 114,354); and I' do hereby declare that the following is'a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention consists of an improved holder for those badges, buttons and the like which at the back end of'afiat section shank have a crescent shaped plate adapted for one horn of the crescent to be passed through the button hole and then for the badge or button to be turned round until the other horn passes throughthe button-hole and the crescent shaped plate is'then at the back of the button-hole whilst the button or badge is displayed at the front. This crescent plate arrangement for attaching said badge or button in a button-hole is not absolutely secure particularly when the button-hole has become enlarged through wear. The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient appliance which can readily be applied on said flat section shank between the back of the button-hole and the crescent shaped plate and which will when so applied efi'ectually secure the badge or button in the button-hole.

With those buttons and collar studs of the kinds which have a shank furnished with a small head adapted to pass through a button-hole, it has previously been proposed to secure said button or collar stud or the like in the button-hole by a device con sisting of two somewhat semi-disc like plates, or a slotted disc and a crescent shaped plate, hinged together so as to form a complete disc and each made with a rather more than semi-circular central slot adapted to engage the round shank of the button or collar stud against the head or part which has passed through the button-hole and thus prevent the button or collar stud from being pulled through the button hole.

My invention consists of a small plate preferably of sheet metal and of approximately clrcular shape with a slot at one side which extends from the periphery to preferably beyond the centre of the plate and is of the proper shape and size to admit the flat section shank of the badge or button, and combined withthis plate a closing member :is provided adapted to be turned or otherwisemoved so as to close the open end of the slot and thus secure the plate on the fiat section shank of the badge or button.

In using. theappliance the closing member is first turned or slid to such a position as to open the slot and then the plate is placed at the back of the button-hole and moved along for thefiat section shank of the badge or button to enter the slot which is then closed by the'closing member. As the plateis too large to be drawn through the buttonhole the'badge or button is preferably se} cure.

For full comprehension however of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawingsin which similar reference characters indicate the same parts and-wherein: I

Figure l is a back perspective view of a well known kind of button or badge with one form of my improved holder applied thereto Figure 2 is a front elevation and side elevation of the said holder detached from the button or badge in Fig. 1 and represented as open ready for attachment:

Figure 3 is a front and side elevation of the said holder closed;

Figure 4 is a front and side elevation of a modified form of my improved holder shewing also the shank of abadge or button in cross section;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of a further modification of my invention shewing also in cross section the shank of the badge or button with which it is used; and

Figure 6 is a sectional side elevation of the arrangement shewn in Fig. 5.

In one arrangement (see Figs. 1,. 2 and 3) the plate A is partly circular and the slot 1 is made with a wide mouth 2 at the periphery of the, plate narrowing down within the plate to the proper width to fit the flat section badge or button shank such as shewn in Fig. 1 where the said shank is marked 3 and the badge or button fixed to one end of the shank is marked 4 and the crescent shaped plate formed or fixed to the other end of the shank 3 is marked 5. The closing member B is a sheet metal blank of similar shape to the plate A and having a slot 12 similar to the slot 1 and is adapted to overlap the plate A and is jointed thereto by a rivet or pin 6 passing through both to plate A and the closing member B at one side of the slot 1. Thus to open the slot 1 the closing member 13 has to be turned on its.

pin 6 as in big. 2 and then when the plate A has been placed in position on the badge, or button shank 3 against the crescent part 5 (after the latter has been passed through the button-hole) the closing member B is turned so that one portion of the closing member B gradually passes behind the back of the plate A and now the slot is closed as in Fig. 3 and the combined plate A and closing member B have together a flat circular or disc like formation and prevent the crescent part 5 working back through the button-hole.

In another arrangement of this invention (see Fig. 4) the closing member is made in the form of an elongated flat slide 7*securedand 6 the slide may be made in the form of a pin 11 mounted in eye parts 12, 13 of the plate at the sides of the slot and at about right angles thereto and so arranged that when the pin '11 is moved in one direction the slot 1 is open and when the pin is moved in the opposite direction the pin 11 will cross and close the slot 1 and secure the shank 3 of the badge or button therein.

hat I claim is as follows:

A holder for securing a badge button or the like having a fiat shank in a button-hole said means consisting of two metal parts hinged one upon the other each of said parts having an open: ended slot curved concentrically to the pivot point of the hinge whereby they may be placed in position presenting an opening conforming to and snugly encircling the shankof the button badge or the like when closed, the open end of each having a flared mouth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. GAUNT.

.Vitnesses:

GORDON G. CooKE, WILLIAM J. C. Hnwi 'r'soN. 

